The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-11
<REV, DIR. TALMAGE.
GHE BROOKLYN DIvINE's sun.
DAY SERMON.
Subject of Discourse. "on Trial

Subject of Discourse: ION Trial.
TEXT: I'VE hare an adroea.e rcith the
Father, Jesus Christ the rigEtsoUs"-l
John IL, L.
Standing in a courtroom you say to your
self: AT this bar crime has often been ar
raigned, at this witness stand the oath has
often been taken; a. this jurors bench the
verdict has been rendered; at this Judges
desk sentence has been pronounced" But
have 70 tell you to-day Of trial higher than
any Oyer and TerIniner or Circuit q So
preme or Chancery. 1t is the trial OF every
Christian man for the life OF his soul This
trial IS different from any other in the fact
that it is both civil and criminal The issues
ct stake are tremendous, and l shall in my
sermon show you, first, what are the rounds
of complaint; then. who are the witnesses In
the cause, and lastly, who are the advocates
When trial is called on. the first thing is
10 have the indictment read Stand up then,
o Christian men, and hear the Indictment
Of the court of high heaven against thy soul
II IS N Indictment OF ten counts, for thou
has directly or indirectly broken all the ten
commandments. You know how it taun-
dered on Sinai, and when God came down
how the mountain rocked end the smoke as
cended As from sraculierIng furnace and the
darkness gathered thick and the loud deep
trumpet uttered the words: The soul that
sinuoth, it shall diel7 Are you guilty or not
guilty. DO not put in negative plea too
quick, for have to announce that all have
sinned and come short Of the glory OF God
There is none that doeth good; no, not one
WhosOsver shall keep the whole law. yet Of
fend IN one point, he IS guilty Of all Do
not. til relore, be too hasty in pronouncing
yourself not guilty.
This lawsuit before us also charges you
with the breaking of a solemn contra Z
Many time did we promise to be the
lords We got down on our knees and said:
40 Lord, | am thine now and forever
I'D you keep the promised Have you stood
q to the contracti l go back to your first
summon You remember It as well as II
thpre yestsFday y oa kHew 622w re Gu re
- .ssnber how from the head and the han 8
1ssd the side and the feet, there came bleed
ing forth these two words: "Remember
Ne" You recall how the cup OF communion
trembled in your hand when you first took
it; and a IN a saa-sheli you may hear, or
think you hear, the roaring of the surf even
after the shell has been taken from the
beach, so you lifted the cup Of
communion and you heard in it
the surging Of the great ocean Of
a Saviours agony; and you came forth from
that communion service with face shining as
though you had been on the Mount of Trans
nguration: All the very air seemed tremu-
lous with this love of Jesus. aud the woods
and the leaves AMI the gIass and the birds
were brighter and sweeter-yoiced than ever
before, and you said down in the very depths
OF your soul: Lord, Thou knowest all
things Thou kncwest that i love Thee
Have You kept the bargain, o Christian
mani Have You not sometimes faltered
when you ought TO have been truel Have YOU
not been proud when you oughtto have been
humblei Have you not played the coward
when you ought 10 have been the herOi /
charge 1t upon you and | charge it upon my
self-we have broken the contract
Still further; this law suit cllius damages
at your hands the create t Sian Ter on the
Christian religion is an inconsistent profess
SCR, The Bible says religion is one thing;
we by our inconsis ency say religion is some
othr thing, and what IS more deplorabe
about It IS TINT people can see faults Of others
while they cannot see any in themselves. II
you shall at any time find some miserableold
gossip, with imperfections from the crown
OF her head to the sole Of her foot, perfect
blotch of sin herself. she Will 90 tattlipg, tat
ting, tattling all the years Of her life alb ut
the inconsistencies OF others, having no idea
that she is inconsistent herself God save the
world from the gossip. female and male 1
think the males are the worst Now the
chariot of Christ's salvation goes on through
the world; but 1t is our inconsistencies,
my brethren, that block up the Wheels while
all along the line there ought TO have been
cast nothing but palm branches, and the
shout should have been lifted: ''Hosanna
to the son Of David
Now you have heard the Indictment read.
Are you ready 10 plead guilty Or not
guilty. Perhaps you are not ready yet to
plead. Then the trial will 90 on. The wit |
neSses will be called and we shall have the |
matter decided. In the name of God now |
make proclamation. Oyezi Oyezi OyeEl |
Whoever hath anything to offer in this |
tr.al, in which God IS the plaintiff and the .
Christian soul the defendont, let him now
step forth and give testimony in this solemn .
trial.
The first witness that call upon the stand /
In behalf of the prosecution is the world-all /
critical and observanto Of Christian character. I
You know that thore are people around you
-lfp po-T7ctuaIiy banquet on the frailties OF I
Ged's chili-en. You may know, if You have /
lived in the country, that a crow cares for /
nothing so much as carbon There are those I
who imagine that out Of the faults of Chris /
tlaus they can make a bridge Of boats across ]
the stream of death, and they are going to |
try it; but, alas, for the mistakel When they
get amid stream AWAY will go the bridge,
and down will 60 their souls to per-
dition- o world of the greedy eye and
tho hard heart, come on the stand now
and testify in behalf OF the prosecution
against this Christian soul on trial What
do you know about this Christian mani
"0h,r says the world. ~ know a great deal
about him He talks about putting his treas
a trade ! ever knew. He seems to want US to
believe that he is child of God, but he is
lust full Of imperfections. ! do not know
but | am great deal better than he is now
Oftentimes he is very earthly, and he talks so
little about Christ and so much about him
bad man.
Stop, o World with the greedy eye and
har1 heart fear you are too much inter
ested in this trial to give impartial evidence
Let all those who hear the testimony of this
witness know that there is an old family
quarrel between these two PARTIES There
always has been a variance between the
world ard the church, and while the world
on the witness stand to-day has told a great
deal OF truth about this Christian man, YOU
must take it all with some allowance, re-
membering that they still keep the old
grudge good. World Of the greedy eve
and the hard heart, that will do. You may
ut down.
The second witness I call in this case is
Conscience Who art thou, o Consciencei
What is your business Where were you
born I What are you doing here, "Oh,
says Conscience, 81 was born in heaven: /
came down to befriend this man: have lived
with him, l have instructed him. l have
warned him l showed him the right and
the wrong, advising him 20 take the one and
eschew the other; / have kindleI a great
light in his soul with a whip of scorpions
have scourge1 his wicSedhess and
have tried TO cheer him when doing
right; and yet am compelled to
testify on the stand to-day that he has
sometimes rejected my mission. Oh how
many cups Of life have Ipres7ed TO his lirs
that he dashed down. and how often has he
stood with his hard heel on the blee ling
heart OF the Son of God 1t pains me very
much that l have to testify against this
Christian man, and yet must, in behalf Of
that this Christian man has done wrOlg He
has been worldly. He has been neglected..
He has done thou and things he ongEt not !
to have done and left undone n thousand
things he ought TO have dOne.n That will do,
Conscience You can sit down.
The third witness call in the case is an
angel Of Col Bright and shining one what
d.,nst thnt1 haral IThat hnat tL,n,, n n !